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Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by Xirdus on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @10:32AM (#49522561)
Your reasoning shows why it's so much harder to fix a duopoly than to fix a monopoly. If there was no Apple then Google would get its comeuppance. If there was no Google then Apple would get its comeuppance. But because we have both Google and Apple, we can't punish either.

The mathematician in me wants to solve the problem of the duopoly by first reducing it to a monopoly, which we have known solutions for.

Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by superxpro12 on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:57PM (#49524662)
oligopolies are just as bad.
Re:AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective... by Xirdus on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @01:34PM (#49525142)
They're worse. See above.